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  1. Matthias

    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    That’s a fair question and it deserves an answer. I’ll tell you, but I’d like for you to tell me why you do first.
  2. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    * I am the library? I kind of like that. *
  3. Matthias

    The happy thread

  4. Matthias

    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    @Riven why do you discuss “personal stuff” on forums?
  5. Matthias

    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    @Riven I shared a personal story with you about a work experience a few days ago. I’ll share a bit more of that story with you now. You’ll recall that due to my supervisor being inept, I narrowly avoided having my employmemt by the government terminated. Two weeks later, my transfer came...
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    The happy thread

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    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    I asked him the same thing a couple of days ago. He told me why he does.
  8. Matthias

    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    He has been. You haven’t been listening. I’ve been listening to him since the day he registered. He’s telling you the truth. I’ve been trying to enlist the aid of “Christian” members to speak with him about this but that effort has not been successful.
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    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    “You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” That’s not the teaching of Jesus and the apostles. That’s the teaching of the devil. As I typed those words, the faint thunder of weapons being fired at Fort Knox reached my ears.
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    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    Christian strength. ”One of the twenty-six asked leave to speak. … Dying well was tremendously important for samurai, and they often met death with a jisei no uta, or farewell song. Miki’s strong voice reached the edges of the crowd: ’I am a Japanese and a brother of the Society of Jesus. I...
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    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    @Riven “Great numbers of samurai and tens of thousands of lowly peasants and townspeople asked for baptism. Dictator Hideyoshi grew apprehensive at this swift increase of Christians, especially when men of the caliber of Takayama began speaking of Christ as their Shuken, their leige Lord, who...
  12. Matthias

    The happy thread

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    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    “Lost black goat wearing a pink collar, reward, 976 keith knob rd” * I kid you not. This is the local news where I live. Broadcast less than an hour ago. *
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    The happy thread

    * FM? No static at all. *
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    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    @Riven has said that a follower of Jesus must be prepared to go against the teaching of Jesus and the apostles when it is necessary to do so. If I had said that on my rigorous written and oral examinations for ministerial license, I would not have been issued a license. He doesn’t think I’m...
  16. Matthias

    The good man that turned bad out of necessity

    Even they are sure that he needs help. All new Christians do.